Calochortus albus

Calochortus albus

Calochortus albus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Liliales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Liliales

Familia: Liliaceae
Subfamilia: Calochortoideae
Genus: Calochortus
Sectio: C. sect. Calochortus
Subsectio: Calochortus subsect. Pulchelli
Species: Calochortus albus

Name

Calochortus albus (Benth.) Douglas ex Benth., Botanist 2: t. 98 (1838)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cyclobothra alba Benth., Trans. Hort. Soc. London, II, 1: 413 (1834 publ. 1835)
• Heterotypic
  • Cyclobothra paniculata Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 20: t. 1662 (1835)
  • Calochortus albus var. paniculatus (Lindl.) Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 304 (1874)
  • Calochortus albus var. rubellus Greene, Erythea 1: 152 (1893)
  • Calochortus englerianus Engl., Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 2: 318 (1899)
  • Calochortus lanternus Davidson, Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 23: 126 (1924)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Calochortus albus Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern USA California Regional: Mexico Mexico Northwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Douglas, D. 1838. The Botanist 2: no. 98.

Additional references

• Ownbey, F.M. (1940). A monograph of the genus Calochortus. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27, 371-560 [1]
• Patterson, T.B. & Givnish, T.J. (2003). Geographic cohesion, chromosomal evolution, parallel adaptive radiations, and consequent floral adaptations in Calochortus (Calochortaceae): evidence from a cpDNA phylogeny. New Phytologist 161(1): 253–264 [2]

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2012. Calochortus albus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2012 Aug. 16. Reference page. 
• Emonocot.org 2014. Calochortus albus in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published online. Accessed: 2014 July 29.
• Tropicos.org 2012. Calochortus albus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Aug. 2012.
• International Plant Names Index. 2012. Calochortus albus. Published online. Accessed: Aug.16 2012.
• The Plant List 2013. Calochortus albus in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2014 July 29.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Weiße Mormonentulpe
English: White fairy-lantern
中文: 白花仙灯

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